Trump: ‘I Have Total Confidence’ In Tillerson, NBC Made Up ‘Moron’ Story

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump meet with first responders and private citizens that helped during the mass shooting, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump talks as first lady Melania Trump and surgeon Dr. John Fildes listens at the University Medical Center after Trump met with survivors of the mass shooting Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, in Las Vegas.... President Donald Trump talks as first lady Melania Trump and surgeon Dr. John Fildes listens at the University Medical Center after Trump met with survivors of the mass shooting Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump said he was “very honored” by the statement Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made Wednesday morning, denying an NBC story that reported Tillerson called Trump a “moron” and wanted to resign at one point this summer.

“It was fake news. It was a totally phony story,” Trump said responding to questions from reporters during an appearance at University Medical Center in Las Vegas Wednesday. “It was made up. It was made up by NBC, they just made it up. … Total confidence in Rex. I have total confidence.”

In an unscheduled statement to reporters Wednesday morning, Tillerson denied the reports that he wanted to resign or that he had to be talked into returning to Washington by senior White House officials.

He didn’t deny that he called the President a “moron” — “I’m not going to deal with petty stuff like that,” he said — but a State Department spokeswoman told reporters Wednesday afternoon that Tillerson had told her he never called Trump a moron.   

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  1. Please don’t let this story fall off the front page.

    Please, Mr President, bring it up every day.

    Don’t let anyone tell you to just let it drop.

    And congratulations on your historic Electoral College victory, which lead to an inauguration with the largest crowd ever.

  2. Avatar for ottis ottis says:

    No news here. Hell everyone already knew that he is a f*cking moron.

  3. NBC could have made up the story. But NBC didn’t make up that Trump is a moron.

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